Windswept rocks
Windswept rocks
Millstones
Quarry rock faces
Owler Tor and Winyards Nick - 5th April 2026. A very windy day with added stinging hailstones…
Peak District scenes
Peak District scenes
Peak District scenes
Today’s route - 7.5 miles
A very nice 7.5mi walk along Stanage Edge, down to Bamford and back up again. Added 9 new birds to the 2026 list: chiffchaff, reed bunting, wheatear, skylark, meadow pipit, curlew, blackcap, mistle thrush and siskin.
What a small world. I looked after the UKSG website 30 years ago…
This would be my in-laws if they ever went to the pub together.
Pint of beer
Pint of dark beer
Out out! With classic cask pints.
The Bon Accord is about a mile away, a classic pub with good cask and whisky.
Steam train
Pint of beer
Large old mill building
Inside large old mill, paintings exhibited on walls
A Yorkshire adventure. Keighley and Worth Valley Railway, Saltaire, Salts Mill and a David Hockney exhibition.
What a crazy world we live in.
Teriyaki beef tacos
Can and glass of beer
Can and glass of beer
Another great meal at Merienda in Keswick with excellent local beers too.
The jaws of Borrowdale
The 'Hundred Year Stone' is a sculpture by Peter Randall-Page located on the shore of Derwent Water between Calf Close Bay and Broomhill Point. It was made in 1995 to celebrate the Centenary of the National Trust. Carved out of a boulder of volcanic rock from the Borrowdale Valley, the unusual design represents ten segments across ten rings
Skiddaw with a dusting of fresh snow
Today’s route - 5.8 miles
Derwent Water wander - 2nd January 2026. A chilly winter wander down to Calf Close bay and back. 22 birds spotted to start the year list off well. 5.8 miles.
Pint and bottle of beer
A messy ceiling
Crafty Baa, Keswick
Remains of Carrock Mine
Cairn with a dusting of fresh snow
Great Lingy Hut on the skyline
Today’s route - 6 miles
Wainwright 201 - Knott. Book 5 completed. It was snowing. Lunch in Great Lingy Hut. 6 miles, 1670 feet of up and down.
Crummock Water and Buttermere
Clouds collecting
Mountains view
Today’s route - 7 miles
Wainwright 200 - Mellbreak. Lots more frozen boggy bits and a nice (occasionally steep) ascent from the south. 7 miles, 1600 feet of up and down.
Glenderamackin valley
Low winter sun
St John’s in the Vale
Today’s route - 5.7 miles
Wainwright 199 - Mungrisdale Common. He commented that it "has no more pretension to elegance than a pudding that has been sat on" and that “precious holiday hours should not be wasted here”. 5.7 miles, 1420 feet of up and down.
Low winter sun
Wainwright 198 - Hen Comb (Chicken Comb)
Cumbrian views
Today’s route - 7.1 miles
Wainwright 198 - Hen Comb (Chicken Comb). A perfect winter day in Cumbria. 7.1 miles, 1620 feet of up and down.
Delay on the feed seems to have gone, delay on just clicking the hashtag is still about 7 hours…
Large bottle and glass of beer
It’s time to get the #12BeersOfXmas underway, and what a great start… #JoinIn
It looks good but is not a great tea drinking vessel so will be moved on after Christmas!
Kathy Burke, Nigel Planer and Rhys James #JoinIn
This one will not even languish in a cupboard, it will be off for someone else to enjoy.
It looks good but is not a great tea drinking vessel so will be moved on after Christmas! #JoinIn
It looks good but is not a great tea drinking vessel so will be moved on after Christmas! #JoinIn
Cup of tea in Christmas pudding mug
Morning!
Cup of tea in Christmas pudding mug
Morning!
Cup of tea and festive duvet on an airbed in a lounge
It’s #DuvetKnowItsChristmas - morning edition. #JoinIn
Bags of duvets, pillows and mattress toppers.
Getting ready for #DuvetKnowItsChristmas and #Joinin for another year.
Pint of beer
Cheers to him!
